Update on Safeway Parking Lot Gunpoint Robbery
The suspects stole prescription drugs from the victim as he was walking to his truck from the pharmacy in Safeway.
The victim of Thursday afternoon's robbery—a 44-year-old man from Lothian, MD—said he was walking out to his vehicle when he was approached by a man who tried to grab his bag, which contained the prescription drugs oxycodone and methadone.
Both drugs are narcotic painkillers, and methodone is often used to help prevent withdrawl symptoms in patients addicted to opiates.
The victim resisted the suspect, and threw the bag into a truck being driven by his friend and attempted to get in on the passenger side of the vehicle. He was then approached by another man who showed a handgun and took the prescriptions from the man.
Both suspects fled on foot to the rear of Taco Bell towards Scarlet Oaks Terrace according to Acting Chief of Police John Nesky.
A perimiter was set up by police and the K-9 unit attempted to track the suspects, but was unsuccessful.
Morgan Young
1:43 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011
Wow!! I never thought something like that would happen in Bowie
Real Talk
2:04 pm on Thursday, January 27, 2011
@Morgan Young-- Come on, Boo Boo . . . Bowie is just as susceptible to crime as any other part of PG County. A lot of the county's criminals call Bowie home.
Joe Neighbor
2:31 pm on Thursday, January 27, 2011
Real Talk, The majority of offenders in Bowie come from outside Bowie. As far as Bowie being just as susceptible to crime as any other part of PG County, I don't think it's reached that level, but if you look at Morgan Young's profile, she grew up in Bowie - during a time when stuff like this was very unusual. That's all that she was saying.
beryl brown
9:46 pm on Friday, January 28, 2011
morgan young, why not bowie is full of crime. though a few years ago it(bowie ) was a nice place to call home.
R-Section
2:01 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2011
According to national crime statistics, Bowie is safer than 95% of all American cities, so Morgan is right to feel like Bowie is a safe place, and Joe Neighbor is right that most crime in Bowie comes from offenders outside of Bowie.
Joe Neighbor
1:47 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011
Can this story be any more unusual? The suspects obviously knew what prescription the victim had. Did they stake out the Safeway waiting for someone to fill a subscription of oxycodone and methodone? Unlikely. The suspects were probably familiar with the victim, and they probably followed him there knowing what he was doing.
jakeblues56
2:57 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011
Sounds like BS to me. This guy fabricated the robbery story to get more drugs, or so it sounds to me.... just a theory of course.
pgcoresident
2:59 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011
jake--that's my first thought as well. It's horrible that's what comes to mind, but it's not as if it hasn't happened before..
Alphadog
3:25 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011
I still think we should have some type of description of the suspects.Why aren't there security cameras at that location?
Joe Neighbor
3:33 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011
Most suspect descriptions are fairly useless except in the first minutes after a crime occurs, unless you have a pic from a video camera. It seems we have fairly useless descriotions here as well.
Suspect # 1 Blk/M/unknown description
Suspect #2 Wht/M/5’9, 155 lbs/brown hooded sweatshirt/green camouflage pants
I don't know how suspect 2 can only weigh 155 pounds. Must be a junky :)
With regards to your question about the security cameras, no one has said whether or not there are any there.
Sharp Shooter
9:47 am on Sunday, February 6, 2011
..and now that they got this guy, who is a Bowie resident on Midsummer Lane, I want to know why he's even out on the streets:
Warrant: First Degree Burglary
Deadly weapon on school property
Warrant: Second Degree assault
Warrant: Possesion w/intent distribute
Warrant: Armed Robbery/Assault
Posession CDS
Failure to obey/disorderly/dest. Prop
Obstruct Hindering/disobey police
Conceal deadly/2nd deg assualt
Possession CDS/not marij
Alphadog
3:04 pm on Sunday, February 6, 2011
I agree- why is this scumbag not in prison?!
Andrew
5:02 pm on Sunday, February 6, 2011
He's out on the street pending trial cuz his family posted a $50,000 bond for him. And how much time do you think he's going to get anyway. A junkie robs a junkie. Who really cares.
Alphadog
8:35 am on Monday, February 7, 2011
Andrew,I guess you will care when the junkie robs YOU!! He should be in jail . There are reahb programs in jails!